Housing authority faces cuts; current clients shouldn't be affected

12:20 AM,
Mar. 8, 2013

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People waiting for a place to live through the Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority will have to wait a little bit longer.

Because of the sequestration cuts, the agency will serve fewer people in the future, although people currently on financial assistance shouldn't be affected, FMHA officials said.

"Under sequestration, we are going to experience a 5.1 percent reduction in each of the programs," said Bruce Burns, executive director of FMHA. "We don't have any choice in that it is an across-the-board cut." ...